Android metaio AREL launch url in app and NOT external browser

Question

This is based on the Metaio sdk, but not sure the problem is dependant of it. I have created a basic AREL based Android app, using the Creator. On detection of marker I would like to load a url in a webview.

However when the marker is detected, I get the dialog of choosing what browser to open the url in.

How can I override that and make it open inside a webview in my app?

I tried using public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) but it does not get called.

How can I make sure I get all the urls that are attempted to open by an Activity? so I can direct the calls to a webview..

In my activity I have this inside onCreate:

mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview); mWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewHandler());

and this outside onCreate:

class WebViewHandler extends WebViewClient {

    @Override
    public void onPageStarted(WebView view, String url, Bitmap favicon) 
    {
        Log.d("LEE","ping1!!!!!"+url);
        mProgress.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
    }

    @Override
    public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) 
    {
        Log.d("LEE","ping2!!!!!"+url);
        mProgress.setVisibility(View.GONE);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) 
    {
        Log.d("LEE","Triggered url: !!!!!"+url);
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 19 '13 at 12:00

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You have a mistake in your override. You should be returning false at the end of shouldOverrideUrlLoading(). This will allow your WebView to handle the request instead of the system.

answered Nov 19 '13 at 12:00

JoxTraex

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It has return true / false based on some conditions. I have not pasted here. The problem is that I do not get the Log "Triggered url" so it is not called at all, right? – George Mincila Nov 19 '13 at 12:08
Post the bare bones of your conditions with some minor comments for explanations. – JoxTraex Nov 19 '13 at 12:09
I removed all and left just Log.d*() and return:false inside shouldOverrideUrlLoading() but still nothing. It does not get called... What am I missing? – George Mincila Nov 19 '13 at 12:20
Did you remember to set the webview to load the url from the shouldOverride... method? – JoxTraex Nov 19 '13 at 20:39

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 31 '14 at 08:15

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Have you tried to do it directly in AREL using arel.Media.openWebsite(url, false);

http://dev.junaio.com/arel/documentationArelJS/symbols/arel.Media.html#.openWebsite

You can edit arel code from creator directly

answered Mar 31 '14 at 08:15

Fernando Gallego

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 11 '15 at 22:37

I solved it by overriding openWebsite() inside ARELInterpreterCallback like this...

//ARELViewActivity.java
    import android.content.Intent;
    import android.os.Bundle;
    import android.view.View;

    import com.metaio.cloud.plugin.view.WebViewActivity;
    import com.metaio.sdk.ARELActivity;
    import com.metaio.sdk.jni.IARELInterpreterCallback;


    public class ARELViewActivity extends ARELActivity {

        protected ARELInterpreterCallback myARELCallback;

        @Override
        public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

            myARELCallback = new ARELInterpreterCallback();

            if (mARELInterpreter != null)
                mARELInterpreter.registerCallback(myARELCallback);
        }

        @Override
        protected int getGUILayout() {
            return 0;
        }

        class ARELInterpreterCallback extends IARELInterpreterCallback
        {

            @Override
            public void onSDKReady()
            {
                loadARELScene();
            }

            @Override
            public boolean openWebsite(String url, boolean openInExternalApp){

                //url is set with arel.Media.openWebsite("template://item#", false); inside logic.js
                if (url.contains("template://")) {
                    if (url.contains("item1")) {
                        urlSub = url.substring(14, url.length());
                        runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                            @Override
                            public void run() {
                                Intent i = new Intent(ARELViewActivity.this, WebViewActivity.class);
                                i.putExtra(getPackageName() + ".URL", "http://www.google.com.mx");
                                startActivity(i);
                            }
                        });

                        return true;

                    } else {
                        urlSub = url.substring(14, url.length());
                        runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                            @Override
                            public void run() {
                                Intent i = new Intent(ARELViewActivity.this, WebViewActivity.class);
                                i.putExtra(getPackageName() + ".URL", "http://www.yahoo.com.mx");
                                startActivity(i);
                            }
                        });

                        return true;
                    }

                } else {
                    return false;
                    //return super.openWebsite(url, openInExternalApp);
                }

            }
        }

    }

Android metaio AREL launch url in app and NOT external browser

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